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BULLETIN 

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Newport Historical Society 

Number Twenty-Six NEWPORT, R. 1. July, 1918 



RESOLUTIONS 

ON THE DEATH OF OUR LATE PRESIDENT 

Hon. DANIEL B. FEARING 



The President of the Society, the Hon. Daniel B. 
Fearing, died on May 26th, while assisting at a patriotic 
meeting for the benefit of the Red Cross at the Newport 
Beach. 

A special meeting of the Board of Directors of the 
Society was held on Monday, May 27th, when the follow- 
ing resolutions were unanimously adopted: 

Resolved: That the death of the Hon. Daniel B. 
Fearing has come as a shock to the Newport Historical 
Society, of which for the past six years he has been 
President. 

A native and all his life a resident of Newport, 
Mr. Fearing's interest in its history and development 
has always been most marked. 

For thirty-one years he has been connected with 
this Society as Member, Director, Treasurer, Vice Pres- 
ident and President. His kindly feelings toward his 
fellow-directors and intelligent interest in the affairs 
of the Society have made him an honored member of 
our body, and his loss will be deeply felt. 

He was called from this life in the very midst of 
leading activity in a great international cause. Linked 
with the Society's expression of its deep sense of loss is 
the hope that the family and friends of our late honored 
President may find a measure of consolation in the fact 
that he died in the performance of a great duty. 

The Directors of the Newport Historical Society beg 
to offer to Mrs. Fearing their profound sympathy in her 
bereavement. 

Resolved : That this Board attend the funeral in a 
body. 






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Measures of Defence in Old Newport 



A Paper Read before the Society at the Amial Meeting 

May 22, 1918 

By 
MAUD LYMAN STEVENS 

A Member of the Society 



In these days of war, when our country is preparing on 
so great a scale to throw all its resources into the w^orld 
struggle, it has seemed that it might be of interest to recall 
the day of small things, when a determined handful of 
homeseekers planted a town in the wilderness, far removed 
from any English settlers, depending there altogether on 
their native vigor and resolution to hold what they had 
so hardly won. 

The Island of Rhode Island was first chosen as a place 
of habitation by Englishmen in 1638, when a small body of 
men, dissenters from Massachusetts Bay, set up here a new 
state, one on an orderly plan, where they hoped to find 
homes and carry out their own ideas— among them the 
startling innovation of religious liberty. 

It was a serious venture to leave the established towns 
of the Bay and begin a new settlement with no nearer white 
neighbors than those of the small plantations of Providence 
and Titicut or Taunton, and within so short a distance of 
the populous Indian country on the other side of Narragan- 
sett Bay. The Island of Aquidneck had been bought in 
proper fashion from the Indian chiefs of Narragansett, 
who claimed suzerainty over it, but experiences with the 
natives elsewhere indicated that difficulties were not un- 
likely to arise with such savage neighbors. The Indians 
were faithful to their friends, but prone to take offence at 
real or fancied injuries, and in such case might vei'y prob- 
ably revenge themselves on any member of the white man's 



tribe within reach, as was their custom in warfare among 
themselves. It was certainly the part of wisdom to be pre- 
pared. So thought our founders, and at their first repre- 
sentative meeting, after ordering the building of the town 
at the "Springe," near the present Bristol Ferry, they imme- 
diately passed an order in reference to defence, reading 
thus: — "It is further ordered that every Inhabitant of this 
Island shall be always provided of one muskett, one pound 
of powder, twenty bulletts and two fademe of match, with 
Sword and rest and Bandeliers, all completely furnished." 

The eighteen persons, heads of families, who signed the 
agreement, whereby a new body politic was formed, were a 
portion of that influential party who had followed Mrs. 
Hutchinson in the religious division at the Bay, which had 
threatened dire consequences. The more conservative 
views prevailing, a large number of persons were disfran- 
chised, disarmed or banished, some going to the northward, 
others forming our first Island town as aforesaid. It is 
to be hoped that they received their weapons again, before 
beginning the journey which was to end in so uncertain an 
experiment, such being a prime necessity in wilderness 
conditions. 

' The arms of the day were the old-fashioned matchlock, 
long and heavy, fired from a rest, the sword and halberd, 
and the pike used with such eft'ect by Cromwell's men, not 
many years later. Corslets were rather commonly worn, 
and this defence proved most effective against Indian ar- 
rows, the warriors declaring that it was like fighting with 
spirits, as their shafts fell back harmless. The slow- 
burnng match was carried to ignite the powder in the piece 
and was a necessary part of the soldier's equipment. 

In the following month of the existence of this, our first 
Island town, another meeting was held, at which we first 
hear of that important institution, the "Traine Band." This 
body included all the men between sixteen and fifty who 
were able to bear arms, and at this time its officers were 
appointed, Sergeants, Corporals and a "Clarke." It is 
difficult to see why it should be cited in the plural "The 
Traine Bands," as among the eighteen founders and possi- 
ble dozen other inhabitants, a single organization should 
have seemed sufficient. No doubt the younger generation, 



not yet freemen, and servants, swelled their numbers. In 
the following November, the first day of "Trayning" is 
recorded, and from this time the "Traine Bands" play an 
important part in the life of the settlements. Their or- 
ganization was carefully planned and frequent reference 
to the subject in our Colonial records shows that the au- 
thorities were fully alive to the importance of military 
discipline, as a measure of protection, not to be neglected. 
We find careful rules laid down at the meeting held at 
Portsmouth eighteen months later, after the founding of 
Newport and the meeting of the two towns. 

It is ordered at this time that all men, allowed and 
assigned to bear arms, shall make their appearance "com- 
pletely armed with muskett and all its furniture or pike 
with its furniture, to attend their Coulers by Eight of the 
clock in the morning, at the second beat of the Drum, on 
such days as they are appointed to Traine." These days 
were to take place eight several times in the year, and there 
were to be two "General Musters" each year, "the one to be 
disciplined at Newport, the other at Portsmouth." Herds- 
men, lightermen and one caretaker at each farm only were 
exempted from this order and they only on the payment of 
a fine. The "Commanders, Vidg't Chieftains and Lieuten- 
ant" were to "appoint the days and times of these s'd 
meetings." This training was kept up for many years, 
though at times less sedulously practised, and we find 
reference to it twenty years later, when the rule Is laid down 
that "no excuse to be taken as sufficient for non-trayneing 
as lawfull, but age, nonage, sicknes, lamenes, or publique 
barringe (bearing) of office at that time in the common- 
wealth." The style of weapons having by this time 
changed, to "muskett and match" are added "Firelockes and 
snaphaunces with powder homes." 

The establishment of the Train Band was not the only 
measure taken for safety. Some means of calling the 
inhabitants together was necessary, in the event of a sudden 
alarm, and accordingly we find, at the April meeting of 1639, 
the following : 

"It is ordered, that in regard to the many Incursions 
that the Island is subject unto, and that an Alarum for the 
securing of the place is necessary therefor; it is thought 



meet for the present that an Alarum be appointed to give 
notice to all who inhabit the place that they may forthwith 
repair and gather together at the House of the Judge for the 
defending of the Island or quelling any Insolences that shall 
be tunuiltuously raysed within the Plantation. Therefore, 
the Alarum that we appoynt shall be this. Three Musketts 
to be discharged distinctly, and a Herauld appointed to goe 
speedily throw the Towne and crye Alarum ! Alarum ! Upon 
which all are to repaire immediately to the place aforesayd." 

In the month after this order, May 1639, an important 
part of the settlers of Pocasset removed themselves to the 
south end of the Island, and founded Newport. For a 
time each town acted independently, but by the following 
March the "Body Politicke in the Isle of Aquethnec, Inhab- 
iting Niew-Port" had re-united with the older colony, once 
Pocasset, now Portsmouth. At the next meeting the order 
concerning "Alarums" is repeated, with the addition that, 
the "Drum or Drummes" are to incessantly beat an Alarum 
and that forthwith every man bearing arms is to repair to 
the "coulers," which are lodged at the Chief Magistrate's 
house, as he will answer it at his peril. That Portsmouth 
might have colors whereunto to repair, they were voted at 
the following meeting — "It is ordered, that the Treasury 
shall provide and fitt up on Drum Collers and halberts for 
the Band of Portsmouth;" as one drum, the colors and hal- 
berds for occasions of ceremony, would put them on a level 
with the better equipped Newport train band. 

During Newport's short time of independent action it 
was ordered "that no man shall go two miles from the 
Towne unarmed, eyther with Gunn or Sword; and that 
none shall come to any public meeting without his weapon. 
Upon the default of eyther he shall forfeitt five shillings." 
Nicholas Easton, later President of Providence Planta- 
tins, was fined in the following month, for breach of this 
order. Defects in arms were also looked to, and "Every 
Traine Soldier shall be provided sufficiently of his own 
Arms by the last day of April, 1640, as they shall answer it 
att their peril." That the arms were forthcoming is shown 
by many wills of later date in which a sword or musket is 
carefully handed down. 

So much for the personal side of it. In the town 



Treasury were also to be kept stores — pikes, powder, bullets 
and match — in 1640 two barrels of gunpowder in each Island 
town, "Bulletts and match," and also'Thirtie two pikes to lye 
by alway in readiness in the Magazines of each town." By 
1650, the supply ordered had been increased to three barrels 
of good powder, one thousand weight of lead, twelve pikes 
and twenty-four muskets, all in good case and fit for ser- 
vice. It was only in very recent years that Newjiort dis- 
continued the use of a powder house. 

By 1643 came the first time of serious anxiety concern- 
ing possible Indian outbreaks. It was in this year that Mrs. 
Hutchinson was killed at East Chester, the Dutch and 
Indians being plunged into war, which drew in many 
English settlers in those parts. The records are missing for 
this year on Newport's part, but Portsmouth tells of orders 
CO the blacksmiths to repair all defective arms, an order 
that every man shall have four pounds of shot lying by him 
and two pounds of powder; that there be a town watch kept 
every night, and "that every man do come armed unto the 
meeting upon every first day," thus carrying out the familiar 
conception of the settler with his Bible and long gun, pray- 
ing and watching. 

One great difficultj'^ experienced in carrying out meas- 
ures of defence was the scarcity of the necessary ammuni- 
tion. At the time of the founding of Newport, affairs 
were in a most unsettled condition in the mother country, 
and it is probable that no very great amount of so important 
a commodity as powder could be exported. Then again, 
Massachusetts Bay, never friendly to the rival community, 
was having her own troubles and would hardly wish to 
part with so vital a necessitiy on its arrival at her ports. The 
situation had grown acute by 1647, when Island and main- 
land had united in one colony, and in the laws drawn up at 
that time a useful substitute for the ordinary weapons is 
suggested. The section is headed "Archerie." 

"Forasmuch as we are cast among the Archers, and 
know not how soone we may be deprived of Powder and 
Shott, without which our guns will advantage us nothing; 
to the end also that we may come to outshoot these natives 
in their own bow; Be it enacted by the authoritie of this 
present Assembly, that that statute touching Archerie shall 



be revived and propagated throuout the whole Colonie, and 
that every person from the age of seventeen yeares to the 
age of seventy, that is not lame, debilitated in his body, or 
otherwise exempted by the Colonie, shall have a Bow and 
four arrowes and shall use and exercise shooting; and every 
Father having Children, shall provide for every man-child 
from the age of seven years till he come to seventeen yeares, 
a Bow and two arrowes or shafts, to induce them and to 
bring them up to shooting." Masters w^ere also to provide for 
servants and every town to have a pair of butts. How fully 
this order was carried out we cannot now say. Bows were 
still in use at this time in England, but for the most part 
crossbows or arbalasts. 

The need for powder still continued. By 1655 when war 
between the English and Dutch had emboldened the Indians 
and general massacres were feared, Roger Williams wrote 
some really desperate letters to Massachusetts, setting forth 
the danger of leaving this colony, "your thorny hedge on this 
side of you," unprovided with the means of defence. The 
Indians had been "filled with artillery and ammunition from 
the Dutch openly and horridly, and from all the English over 
the country (by stealth)" and it seemed a hard case that the 
Colonists should be unable to procure the same to defend 
themselves withal. Whether Massachusetts would have for- 
gotten her ancient grudge in spite of our "desperately erro- 
neous" opinions, it is hard to say. Fortunately, one of New- 
port's best friends. Dr. John Clark, was then in England, and 
procured and sent "fower barrels of powder and eight 
barrels of shott and bulletts" for the use of the Colony, which 
much relieved the situation. We grieve to say that he had 
much trouble in getting reimbursed for his outlay, the 
Colony being exceedingly short of ready money, using at 
home "well-strung peague" or wampum, which would 
hardly pass as legal tender in London. 

One other matter remains to be mentioned in regard to 
early war-like activities. Our very earliest essay against an 
outside enemy is through privateering, later to be so much 
practised in the Colony. In 1652, when England and Holland 
were at war, the Council of State in the northern country 
sent over an order, primarily referring to Governor Codding- 
ton's commission, but adding permission to defend the 



Colony against the Dutch and also to offend this or any other 
enemy of the commonwealth. 

The opportunity was willingly seizd by the Island. 
Commissions were granted to three men, one of them the old 
Massachusetts soldier of fortune, Captain Underhill, and one, 
William Dj^re, one-time Colonial Secretary and General 
Recorder, the third. Captain Edward Hull. The committee 
chosen for "ripening matters that concern Long Island and 
in ye case concerning ye Dutch," ostensibly contains repre- 
sentatives from the mainland towns, but the names, as given, 
appear to be of the Island, with the exception of Mr. Randall 
Holden and Mr. John Smith, both of Warwick. In any case, 
Providence and Warwick, meeting immediately after, utterly 
repudiated any share in the matter, expressing themselves 
much shocked at the action of the Island, which, they said, 
tending to war, was like, for ought they saw, to set all New 
England on tire, "For the event of war is various and uncer- 
taine." They therefore refused to be party to any such pro- 
ceeding, conceiving "that this Colonic lyeth in eminent 
danger," with which alarmed conclusion their meeting was 
adjourned. The commissions were, nevertheless, taken up. 
Help had been at the same time voted to "our countremen on 
Long Island" in the form of "Two great guns and what 
Murtherers are with us, on promise of returning them," and 
also the despatching of "Twenty voluntaries out of ye Col- 
onic, provided they be such as be under noe fixed relation or 
ingagement." 

In the following month the vessel, Debora, was granted 
a commision, "To defend themselves and to offend the 
enemies of the commonwealth of England." It is possible 
that this was that vessel of Captain Raxter's, which caused so 
much annoyance to the Connecticut towns by attracting the 
Dutch in their direction. It is certain that William Dyre 
made use of his commission, for in his enthusiasm he 
captured a vessel claimed by Massachusetts, giving opportu- 
nity to Providence to call his actions "unnecessary and 
unrighteous," "all to our great grief e, who protested against 
such abuse of power from England." Some legitimate cap- 
tures he evidently made, as a substantial sum of prize monejj 
the State's part, and subject to England's demand, was held 
by the President for five years or more thereafter. 

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The war with Holhind not being of long duration, our 
maritime prowess had but little opportunity at this time, as 
peace was concluded actually before the vessel Debora put 
to sea, news from the other side reaching us but slowly in 
those days. 

It will thus be seen that Newport early took measures for 
her protection. As far as in them lay, our founders attempted 
to be prepared for revolt or aggression. The pikes and 
muskets lay ready in the treasury, privately owned arms 
were kept repaired, "all excuses aside," and no doubt the 
little boys practised diligently with bow and arrow. The 
train band kept up miliary discipline, held its general mus- 
ters, and paraded on all occasions of ceremony with 
halberds, drum and "coulers." No doubt the place 
of such formality in Newport was the Parade, the 
center of the life of the old town. Here, then, 
the train band must have met on a March day in 
1659, at high noon, and "drawn up in their military posture," 
listened to the proclamation of Richard Cromwell's acces- 
sion,read by their "Clarke" at the head of the Company, all 
"well elected people" in the town assmbling to hear the same. 
The Colony joyfull}^ accepted His Highness, Richard, Lord 
Protector, and sent him a loyal address, which however was 
never presented, as his power had departed before it reached 
the hands of Mr. Clark, the Colony's agent. Benedict Arnold 
was President of Providence Plantations in this year, to be 
succeeded at the next election by William Brenton. This was 
in May. In October a most momentous letter from Mr. 
John Clark was opened and read in the Assembly, then 
sitting at Warwick. The order was given; again the Train 
Band paraded to solemnize a proclamation; and His Royal 
Majesty, King Charles the Second, was proclaimed "King of 
England, Scotland, Fraunce and Ireland, with all the 
dominions and territories thereto belonging," with all the 
ceremony of which it was capable. We were under Royal 
rule once more, and it is to be hoped that our worthy bur- 
gesses were not too much disturbed by the change. There 
were ever King's men here, unsuitcd to the more Puritan 
atmosphere of the older colony, and Rhode Island was 
always more closely connected with the mother country than 
the settlements founded more directly in dissent from lords 



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and bishops. No doubt there were many in Newport to 
rejoice that the King had come to his own again. As the 
children and servants had their liberty for the day of procla- 
mation, they, at least, were well pleased. 

And so we leave the "Trayne Band", worthy defence of 
the old town, drawn up in its military posture. Newport's 
peace was, until Revolutionarj^ days, never invaded by an 
enemy. It may well be that the firmness of our fathers' 
position averted the troubles suffered by other colonies. 
Well prepared, they ably kept the little State free from dan- 
gers and distresses, and rested undisturbed, thus enabled 
freely to develop a society, remarkable for advanced thought 
and steady prosperity. 



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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN 



The review of a year — a weighty matter^especially in 
the case of an Historical Society; and more especially still in 
the case of this Historical Society, because it is a part of one 
of the most seriously historical cities in all the length and 
breadth of our great country. 

Fortunate it may well be for the writer of this report, 
that its subject may be likened to a new and powerful steam- 
ship, well built, thoroughly equipped, and ably manned, 
which was ploughing the seas of past events and giving 
perfect satisfaction as regards speed and stability, long be- 
fore he was privileged to take his trick at the wheel. For, so 
obedient to the helm is the good ship, that the steersman has 
time to glance about him even while she is under full head- 
way and to take ample notice of all the passengers who step 
aboard and of the attractive looking luggage that many of 
them carry. Also, be it said with regret, that those who 
slipped overboard, or who have been politely shown the 
gangway because of non-payment of passage money, have 
been duly accounted for. 

Thirty-seven new members have been elected, and 
seven former Annual have become Sustaining members. 

Additions to the Library include a vast number of peri- 
odicals and pamphlets on historical and international sub- 
jects, war literature, etc. 

Among the books purchased and donated may be men- 
tioned: 

"The Wonders of the Invisible World," by Cotton 
and Increase Mather, being a very curious and in- 
teresting treatise on Witchcraft in New England. 

"Some Neglected History of North Carolina," by 
William Edward Fitch, M. D. 

"Correspondence of William Shirley, Governor 
of Massachusetts and Military Commander in 
America, 1731-1760." (By Charles Henry Lincoln). 

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^ "Correspondence of William Pitt when Secretary 

of State under the Duke of Devonshire, 1756-1757, 
with Colonial Governors and Military and Naval 
Commissioners in America. (By Gertrude Selwyn 
Kimball) . 

(These last two works were edited under the 
auspices of the National Society of Colonial Dames 
of America). 

"The Photographic History of the Civil War." 
Especially interesting at this time when so much 
attention is called to the building of ships, because 
it presents pictures of the warships of the United 
States at the period when they were in the midst of 
the process of evolution from sails to steam and 
their motive power was in many cases a combina- 
tion of both. 

The gift of Mrs. French E. Chadwick. 

"Annals of Trinity Church, 1682-1821," by George 
Champlin Mason. 

The gift of Hon. George P. Wetmore. 

"The Journal of William Loughton Smith, 1790- 
1791." Gift of Albert Matthews, the Editor, 

Etc., etc., etc. 

Weeden Broadside 

Among the most interesting additions to our collections 
during the year is a Broadside entitled "FRESH INTELLI- 
GENCE," the gift of Mr. Hamilton B. Tompkins, issued prob- 
ably at the end of the year 1780, and which is noted in our 
April Bulletin. Its especial value consists in the fact 
that it bears at the bottom of the page, "Newport, 
Rhode Island, Printed by J. Weeden." The finding 
of this item makes a hitherto unknown addition to 
the list of Newport printers. Weeden's name seems to have 
escaped the notice of Hammett, the Newport bibliographer; 
of Winship in his book of Rhode Island imprints, and also 
of Evans in his American Bibliography. It is the only spec- 
imen thus far known of Weeden's printing and our Society 
is fortunate in having it in its possession. 



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Hammett Mss. 

As noted in our April Bulletin the Hammett Mss., 
entitled "A Sketch of the History of the Congregational 
Churches of Newport, R. I. Compiled from the Records and 
other Sources by Charles E. Hammett, Jr., 1891," ranks 
among our most valuable acquisitions. The gift of A. L. 
Hammett, of Pelham Manor, N. Y. 

Newport Mercury Photostat Reproductions 

Our members may not be generally aware that the John 
Carter Brown Library of Providence has undertaken the 
task, by its photostat jDrocess, of making as complete a set as 
possible of the Newport Mercury up to 1800. Copies of the 
paper are somewhat widely scattered; the largest collection 
being in the library of our Society, the Redwood Library, the 
Rhode Island Historical Society, the Antiquarian Society at 
Worcester, Massachusetts, the Library of Congress and the 
British Museum. These sources of sujjply are being repro- 
duced so that as full a set of the Mercury as far as possible 
can be furnished to institutions desiring them, and also to 
make up the deficiencies existing in libraries already pos- 
sessing a certain number. Through the efforts of our Board 
of Directors arrangements have been made to add to our file 
so as to make it as complete as possible taken in connection 
with the copies of the Mercury now in the Redwod Library. 
Up to this time we have received 125 sheets. We believe that 
this acquisition, when completed, will add much to the use- 
fulness of our Society for consultation and reference. 

Other acquisitions worthy of mention are : 
A valuable collection of Egyptian relics 

The gift of Hon. Daniel B. Fearing. 

The Sword worn by Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry 
at the Battle of Lake Erie 

Loaned by its owner, Captain Perry Belmont. 

An interesting collection of documents, bills of lading, 
ships' manifests, letters, etc., connected with 
the shipping industry of Newport in the period 
1780-1790. The gift of Mr. Hamilton B. Tompkins 

and Dr. Henry Barton Jacobs. 

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To enumerate and dilate upon even a small percentage 
of the gifts and loans would involve more time than could 
reasonably be devoted to that pleasure. The riches thus 
accumulated are always open to the view of our members 
and their friends. 

I have been requested to include in this report the fol- 
lowing remarks by a former President of the Society : 

CODDINGTON PORTRAIT 

"As it is the object and purpose of an Historical Society 
not merely to collet and preserve material of various kinds 
relating to its local history, but also to point out and rectify 
errors, w^e think our Society has reason to take a little pride 
in what it has done in regard to the assumed portrait of 
Governor Wilham Coddington. A paper was read before 
our Society in August, 1913, calling attention to the doubtful 
authenticity of the so-called portrait of William Coddington 
in the City Hall, and showing that it could not be that of the 
first Governor. At a meeting of the Society held on the 25th 
of February of this year, one of our valued members, Hon. 
Darius Baker, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of 
Rhode Island, who had made a more thorough examination 
of the matter than the writer of the first paper, confirming 
many of the objections which that writer had raised, also 
came to the conclusion that the portrait in question could not 
be that of the first Governor; and the claim that this por- 
trait which has been masquerading for so many years as that 
of the first William Coddington, is finally set at rest. And 
we think our Society has reason to congratulate itself upon 
the work which has been done by it in this matter." 

It is, of course, well known that our Society possesses 
many of the attributes of an ORACLE — let us say the 
DELPHIC — because of the beauty of its temple. From far 
and wide come requests for its authoritative utterances. 
Here is one that came a few months ago : 

"To the Young Lady I met in charge last Tuesday 
I find that Hannah Haswell was born in Newl^ort, 

R. I., daughter of Hiscock and Hannah 

Hiscock. Father's name not given in records at 
City Hall. Hannah Haswell died in Providence, R. 

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I., May 2nd, 1867; married October 15th, 1826, 
Ephraim Haswell, married in Providence. Who was j 
Hannah Hiscock before marriage, born in Newport, 
R. I. Hannah (Hiscox) Haswell died in Providence 
70 years old May 2nd, 1867, so she must have been 
in Newport about 1797. Hannah Hiscox Haswell 
was tlie mother of my grandmother Mary Ann Perry 
and Mrs. Jane R. Vaughan before marriage was 
Jane R. Haswell born in Providence, R. I. Mary Ann 
Perry was daughter of Stephen Perry, mother's 
name in blank. Mary Ann Perry married Samuel 
Brown of Providence, R. I., died March 27, 1877—69, 
born February 22nd, 1808, Newport. How was Jane 
R. (Haswell) Vaughan my grandmother's M. A. 
Perry Brown's aunt and thus my great-great aunt 
is what I have got to prove to attorney soon within 
two weeks or lose what I should get. There are a 
humber of Providence people who know she was my 
aunt, but births, marriages, etc., by records in New- 
port, South Kingston and Providence must prove it. 
If you can give me any data 1 shall be grateful. I am 
awaiting your reply. Faithfully yours. 

My grandmother came from Oliver Hazard Perry 
Commodore's family." 

The handwriting of this appeal might well entitle it to 
an exalted position among the Egyptian relics already 
referred to. The letter has the distinction of being the 
exception that proves the rule. We were not able to satisfy 
the demand. 

But in many other cases of like nature that have pre- 
sented themselves within the past twelve month, we have 
been so successful as to receive substantial tokens of appre- 
ciation from those whose family trees we have climbed 
without getting lost among the branches. 

ViCOMTE ISHII 

Is it presumptuous to imagine that the Society has had 
a finger in matters of international moment? What of the 
visit to the Society's rooms last summer of the Vicomte Ishii 
and his suite? May not the view of the sword which Perry 

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wore at the Battle of Lake Erie, the reminders of that other 
Perry who opened relations with Japan, and above all the 
courtesy and cordiality of our reception, have stirred the 
heart of this able representative of the Island Empire and 
predisposed him in some measure to greater kindliness in the 
treatment of the delicate questions with which his mission 
to our country was concerned? 

All these experiences are very interesting, and the 
Society feels itself greatly enriched thereby. But today there 
is so much history in the making, that the thoughts of men 
and women are much diverted from excursions into the 
past, and forced to dwell upon the thrilling activities of the 
present. Fortunately for our Society, this invasion of new 
interests does not involve it in even temporary obscurity, 
for its rooms have been freely and gladly placed at the 
disposal of many patriotic organizations whose meetings 
may justly be considered a part of the greatest work ever 
attempted in the cause of humanity. 

LLOYD M. MAYER, 

Librarian, 



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Report of the Chairman of the Finance i 
Committee 

May 22, 1918. 

When I was honored with election to the position of 
Chairman of your Finance Committee a year ago the condi- 
tion of the treasury was found to be very unsatisfactory. 
The annual expenses were in excess of the income; and the 
funds of the Society had been borrowed from for some 
years. 

Three agencies have been at work during the year for 
our financial betterment. 

First : The Librarian has been most diligent in reducing 
expenses, himself performing the duties of furnace-mau 
and t aking care of the building, whereby our running 
and taking care of the building, whereby our running 
expenses have been reduced by almost $700. 

Second : Two legacies have fallen to us — one of $872.79 
already received, and one of $5,000 soon to be paid; by 
which most of the money borrowed in the past from our 
funds can be restored. 

Third: The Directors have subscribed $1,900 to repay 
all the remaining debts. So that within probably a month 
when all this is received the Society will for the first time 
since I have been acquainted with its atf airs, be entirely free 
of debt. 

For this we are, I am sure, all truly grateful — but, if 
our gratitude does not take a practical form we shall not 
remain free of debt. 

In spite of the utmost retrenchment our income is not 
sufficient for our expenses, by almost $400, and it is the 
duty of the Society to raise this. You cannot expect your 
Directors to longer bear the burden. 

The simplest manner of meeting the difficulty is that 
which I suggested some time ago — that as many annual 
members as can do so should become sustaining members, 
increasing their annual payments from $2 to $10 each. Surely 

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this is no great thing to ask and I confidently hope that of our 
250 annual members at least 100 may accept the proposition. 
To keep our Society free of debt is certainly worth this small 
effort on the part of all. 

(Signed) RODERICK TERRY, 

Chairman Finance Committee. 

July 25. — The expectation expressed in the above report 
has been fulfilled and all debts of the Association have been 
paid; as given in the following report issued this day: 

STATEMENT OF MONEYS BORROWED IN PAST YEARS 

BY THE NEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY 

AND NOW REPAID 



Total amount borrowed from Society 

Funds and other sources $7,147 74 



Repaid as follows : 






From the Tilley bequest, 


$5,000 00 




" " White bequest. 


247 74 


$5,247 74 


Subscriptions : 






Hamilton B. Tompkins, 


$50 00 




F. K. Sturgis, 


250 00 




A. Tuckerman, 


100 00 




L. L. Gillespie, 


100 00 




Mrs. French Vanderbilt, 


400 00 




Roderick Terry, 


1,000 00 


$1,900 00 




- 




$7,147 74 



Funds of the Society 

King Book Fund $4,000 00 in Liberty Bonds 

Russell Fund $1,000 00 in Savings Bank 

Life Membership Fund, $1,680 00 ($1,320 00 in Savings Bank 

$360 00 in Bank Stock). 



$6,680 00 
(Signed) RODERICK TERRY, 

Chairman Finance Committee. 



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The Society's Funds arc as follows: j 

I The King Book Fund ' 

Amounts to $4,000 00 

Its foundation is expressed in the following quotation 
from the will of David King, M. D., who died March 7th, 
1882. 

"Second: I give and bequeath to the Newport Histori- 
cal Society in Newport, incorporated in January, 1854, the 
sum of Two Thousand Dollars, to be by said Corporation 
safely invested, till the whole sum, by the addition of the 
annual interest to the original bequest, shall amount to Four 
Thousand Dollars, and then to remain a perpetual fund, the 
annual interest whereof to be by said Corporation applied 
in the purchase of Historical Books, and in purchasing the 
Historical Documents and Papers relating to the State of 
Rhode Island." 

II. The Russell Fund 
Amounts to $1,000. 

It;; foundalion is explained in the following letter: 

No. 2 Nassau Street, New Yo:k, 
Feby. 19, 1886. 
Hon. Francis Brinley, 

President Newport Historical Society, 
Newport, R. I. 

Dear Sir: — 

My father, Mr. Charles H. Russell, deceased, left 
written directioos to my sister. Miss Fanny G. Russell, also 
since deceased, and myself, in regard to some gifts of money 
which he wished should be made out of his estate to certain 
societies and individuals; and among these was one of One 
Thousand Dollars ($1,000.) to the Newport Historical 
Society. Under the provisions of his will, the funds which he 
designated for this purpose have only recently become avail- 
able, and have just been paid to me by the Executors, with 
eight months interest at four per cent. 

I therefore with much pleasure hasten to remit to you 
the amount of my father's bequest to the Society, together 
with the four per cent, interest referred to; and for which 
please find herewith my cheque on the National Bank of 
Commerce in New York, to your order as President, for 
One Thousand and Forty Dollars ($1,040.) 

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Please be so good as to acknowledge the receipt of this 
enclosure at your early convenience, and believe me, dear 
Sir, very truly yours, 

(Signed) CHARLES H. RUSSELL, Jr. 

P^roni the n;iiniles o+ the Special Meeting Roard o Di- 
rectors Feb. 23. 1886. 

Upon motion the following was 

Voted: That the gift of One Thousand Dollars by the 
late Charles H. Russell, for the benefit of the Newport His- 
torical Society, be invested as a permanent fund to be known 
as the "Charles H. Russell Fund." 

Upon motion, the President was directed to convey 
the Russell heirs a suitable expression of the Society's grati- 
tude. 

III. The Permanent Life Membership Fund 
Amounts to -$1680. 

It is composed of the Life Membership dues received by 
the Society, including the donation described in the follow- 
ing quotations. 

Extract from the minutes of the Monthly Meeting of the 
Newport Historical Society, July 19th, 1886. 

Dr. Storer, the Treasurer, announced the receipt of 
$1023 with the books and property of the Newport Associa- 
tion of Mechanics and Manufacturers, which have been deliv- 
ered to the Historical Society under the recent Act of the 
Legislature. He proposed as life members the thirty-eight 
(38) surviving members of said Association, which was 
unanimously voted. The Secretary was instructed to notify 
them of their election. 

The Newport Association of Mechanics and Manufac- 
turers, was incorporated in 1792 for the purpose "of pro- 
moting industry and giving a just encouragement to inge- 
nuity, that our manufactures may be improved to the general 
advancement not only of the manufacturers themselves, but 
to the State at large; and for raising a fund by free and 
voluntary subscriptions, contributions, legacies, donations 
and in such other manner as is hereinafter mentioned, to be 
appropriated as the Association may direct, for the purposes 
aforesaid." 

In 1887 its mission having been accomplished it was 
disbanded and its documents and funds given to this Society, 
as above described. 

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SOCIETY NOTES 



The Society plumes itself 
upon its ever increasing utility 
as an active member of the 
community. There have been 
no less than eight meetings of 
various organizations held in 
its rooms since the annual 
meeting of the Society on May 
22nd. Were the Society capa- 
ble of blushing, the immaculate 
walls of the meeting-house 
might have vied with the roses 
on the cheeks of many of the 
ladies present, so warm were 
the praises bestowed upon the 
roonis for their beauty, their 
comfort and convenience. 

It is hard to strike a sad 
chord in the midst of all this 
harmony. A long time member 
of our staff, tempted by the al- 
luring bait which Government 
dangles before the noses of the 
world of employees, has left 
our service. We have had the 
good fortune, however, to dis- 
cover and secure a substitute 
\yhose performance of the du- 
ties allotted to her is so far 
very satisfactory.^ 

Within the past month a 
great many interesting and val- 



uable donations have been 
made to the Society. Promi- 
nent among these are: 

A German propaganda-disr 
tributing balloon, the gift of 
Miss Louise Scott of Belmead. 
This balloon was secured on 
the battlefield by a young offi- 
cer who last year was stationed 
at Fort Adams, and sent to Miss 
Scott as one of the spoils of 
war. 

A beautiful specimen of em- 
broidery, the work of Belgian 
women executed upon a com- 
mon flour sack as a token of 
gratitude for food sent from 
our country; the gift of Mrs. 
D. B. Fearing. 

"The Recollections of Jacob 
Chase," an interesting MSS. de- 
scriptive of life and conditions 
in the farming districts of our 
Island a centurv a^'o; the gift 
of Mr. Charles P. Coggf shaM. 

The original "Long Wharf 
and Public School Loftery Pro 
spectus" with the signatures, 
including names of many of the 
most prominent families in 
Newport in 1795: the gift of 
Mr. Fred M. Hammett. 



Life Members 



Allen, John B. 
Allen, William 

American Jewish Historical So- 
ciety 
Auchincloss, Mrs. Hugh 
Batonyi, Aureil 
Belmont, August 



Belmont, Perry 
Bergner, Jonas 
Birckhead, Mrs.William 
Brown, Mrs. Harold 
Caswell, William 
Connolly, Thomas B. 
d'Hauteville, Mrs. Grand 



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Fearing, Mrs. Daniel B. 
Fearing, George R. 
Gammell, Mrs. Robert Ives 
Gammell, William 
Gerry, Elbridge T. 
Gibbs, Mrs. Theodore K. 
Goelet, Mrs. Ogden 
Goelet, Robert 
Grosvenor, Miss Rosa A. 
Hunter, Mrs. William R. 
James, Com. Arthur Curtiss 
James, Mrs. Arthur Curtiss 
Jamestown Historical Society 
Jennings, Miss Annie B. 
King, Mrs. David 
King, George Gordon 
Lorillard, Louis L. 
Marquand, Prof. Allan 
Marquand, Henry 
Mason, Miss Ellen 
Mason, Miss Ida 
McLean, Edward B. 
McLean, Mrs, Edward B. 
Moriarty, George A., Jr. 
Peck, Hon. Frederick S. 
Peckham, Job A. 



Powel, Thomas Ives Hare 
Rhode Island Historical Society 
Richardson, Mrs. Thomas 
Russell, Charles H. 
Safe, Mrs. T. Shaw 
Sherman, Mrs. William Watts 
Smith, Miss Esther Morton 
Swan, James 
Swan, Mrs. James A. 
Taylor, H. A. C. 
Taylor, Henry R. 
Thaver, Mrs. Nathaniel 
Tilley, Miss Edith May 
Tompkins, Hamilton B. 
Tuckerman, Mrs. Alfred 
Tuckerman, Alfred 
Van Alen. James Laurens 
Vanderbilt, Mrs. 
Vanderbilt, Mrs. French 
Vernon, Mrs. J. Peace 
Warren, George Henry 
Warren, Mrs. Whitney 
Webster, Hamilton Fish 
Wetmore, Hon. George Peabody 
Wildey, Mrs. Anna Chesebrough 



Sustaining Members 



Barger, Miss Edna 
Beeckman, Mrs. R. Livingston 
Bliss, Miss Sarah D. 
Brown, Mrs. John Nicholas 
Clarke, Miss Elizabeth 
Clarke, Mrs. J. Francis A, 
Codman, Miss Martha 
de Forest, George B. 
Drexel, Mrs. John R. 
Duncan, Mrs. Stuart 
Dunn, Mrs. Thomas 
Emmons, Arthur B. 
Gillespie, Lawrence L. 
Gillespie, Mrs. Lawrence L. 
Glyn, Mrs. William E. 
Grosvenor, Mrs. William 
Havemeyer, Henry O., Jr. 
Hayden, Col. Charles 
Hazard, Miss Caroline 
Hunt, Mrs. Livingston 
Hunter, Miss Anna F. 



Jacobs, Dr. Henry Barton 
Lippitt, Hon. Charles W. 
Neilson, Mrs. 
Norman, Mrs. Bradford 
Padelford, Mrs. Edward M. 
Padelford, Edward M. 
Pierson, Gen. J. Fred 
Potter, Mrs. Edward T. 
Pumpelly, Prof. Raphael 
Redmond, Henry 
Rives, Dr. William C. 
Robinson, Mrs. C. L. F. 
Schreier, Eugene 
Sherman, Miss Elizabeth G. 
Sims, Mrs. William S. 
Spencer, Mrs. Lorillard 
Stevens, Mrs. Harriet L. 
Stevens, Miss Maud Lyman 
Sturgis, Frank K. 
Tailer, T. Suffern 
Terry, Rev. Roderick 



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Terry, Mrs. Roderick 
Van Alcn. James J. 
Weaver, Miss Sarah C. 



Webster, Mrs. Hamilton Fish 
Wright, Mrs. Walter A. 
Burke-Roche, Mrs. Frances 



Annual Members 



Abney, John R. 
Allen, Mrs. Crawford C. 
Anderson, Dr. Alexander J. 
Andrews, Mrs. Walter S. 
Appleton, Miss Mary 
Anstin, Amory 
Austin, George H. 
Baker, Hon. Darius 
Bakhmetett", Madam 
Baldwin, Frederick H. 
Ball, Alwyn, Jr. 
Barry, Louis J. 
Bateman, Clarence 
Bates, Mrs. Francis E. 
Bergman, Isaac B. 
Berwind, Mrs. Eldward J. 
Birckhead, Miss Kate deC. 
Bispham, Mrs. George T. 
Bliss, Richard 
Bokee, Miss Margaret 
Borden, Mrs. Jerome C. 
Brightman, Miss Eva S. C. 
Bristow, Mrs. W. B. 
Buttum, William P. 
Bufium, Mrs. William P. 
Bull, Mrs. Charles M. 
BuUard, Mrs. B. F. 
Burdick, Hon. Clark 
Burdick, David J. 
Bur(Uck, Edwin S. 
Burgess, Prof. John W. 
Burliiigame. Hon. Robert S. 
Burlingham, Hiram 
Cabell,^ Walter Coles 
Caldwell, Guy C. 
Campbell, Dudley E. 
Carr, Leander K. 
Case, Philip B. 
Cerio, Mrs. George 
Chadwick, Mrs. French E. 
Clarke, Henrv W. 
Clarke, Dr. Philip E. 



Clarke, Mrs. Philip E. 
Clarke, Hon. William P. 
Coggeshall, Charles P. 
Coggeshall, Dr. Henry 
Cole, Mrs. Charles M. 
Cortazzo, Miss Katherine 
Cottrell, Charles M. 
Cottrell, Dr. Samuel P. 
Covell, William W. 
Covell, Mrs. WiUiam W. 
Cozzens, Ensign J. Powel 
Creighton. Mrs. J. McPherson 
Curry, Robert W. 
Davis, Mrs. Dudley 
Davis, Galen 

Davis, Rear Admiral C. H. 
de'Congongo, Countess deSan 

Esteban 
Deming, Rev. John Howard 
Dennis, William E., Jr. 
de Tahy, Prof. Joannes 
Downing, George Fay 
Downing, Miss Harriet S. 
Downing, Miss Julia T. 
Drur3% James H. 
Duncan, Stuart 
Dj^er, Herbert 
Easton, Arthur H. 
Easton, Dr. Charles D. 
Easton, Fred W. 
Edgar, Miss Lucille R. 
Ellerv, Miss Henrietta C. 
Elliott, Mrs. John 
EUis, Miss Helen 
Ellis, Miss Lizzie E. 
Ennis, Mrs. William 
Estes, Dr. Nathan A. 
Estes, Mrs. Nathan A. 
Eustis, George Peabody 
Eustis, Mrs. George Peabody 
Fagan, James P. 
Ferry, Mrs. E. Hayward 



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Forsyth, Mrs. J. B. 
Franklin, Miss Ruth B. 
FrankHn, William B. 
Franklin, Mrs. William B. 
French, Miss Loresta 
Gardiner, Mrs. Charles C. 
Garrettson, Frederick P. 
Graham, Howard S. 
Green, Arthur Leslie 
Greene, Fred W. 
Greene, John H., Jr. 
Haggin, Mrs. James B. 
Hamilton, William 
Hammond, Ogden H. 
Hazard, Miss Abby C. 
Hazard, Peyton 
Hendy, Henry S. 
Higbee, Edward W. 
Hill, Mrs. Walter N. 
Hillhouse, Mrs. Charles B. 
HotYman, Charles F. 
Hoppin, Samuel H. 
Horton, Hon. Jeremiah 
Howard, Mrs. E. W. 
Hughes, Rev. Stanley C. 
Hull, Prof. William I. 
Hunter, Miss Augusta 
Ingalls, Mrs. John J. 
Ingrahm, Phoenix 
Jacobs, Mrs. Henry Barton 
Jones, Mrs. Pembroke 
Jones, Rev. William S. 
Josephs, Mrs. Lyman C. 
Judge, Mrs. Cyril B. 
Kimball, Frank G. 
King, Col. Frank P. 
King, Frederic R. 
King, Miss Georgeiana G. 
King, Le Roy 
King, Mrs. Le Roy 
Kling, Charles Potter 
Knight, Rear Admiral Austin M. 
Knight, Edward Collings, Jr. 
Koehne, Charles H., Jr. 
La Farge, Mrs. John 
Landers, Albert C. 
Langley, Mrs. W^alter S. 
Lauterbach, Mrs. 
Lawson, John A. 



Lawton, Mrs. Thomas 
Lee, William H. 
Levy, Hon. Max 
Libby, Mrs. William T. 
Lippitt, Mrs. Charles W. 
Lippitt, Charles W., Jr. 
Lockrow, Mrs. Harvey J. 
Lorah, James R. 
Loew, William G., Jr. 
Macomber, Isaac 
Marvin, Miss Elizabeth B. 
Mason, Mrs. John J. 
Maver, Lloyd E. M. 
Mayer, Mrs. Lloyd M. 
McAllister, Miss Louise Ward 
McCormick, Michael A. 
McLennan, John K. 
MacLeod, Hon. William 
McMahon, Andrew K. 
Morgan, Mrs. William Rogers 
Moriarty, Mrs. George A. 
Morris, Harrison S. 
Morrison, Charles E. 
Murdock, Rear Admiral Joseph 

B. 
Naval War College 
Norman, Bradford 
Norman, Maxwell 
Norman, Reginald 
Nowell, Mrs. T. S. 
Noyes, Mrs. Boutelle 
Pattison, Mrs. E. J. 
Pearson, Mrs. Frederick 
Pearson, Miss Lillian 
Peck, Rev. Charles Russell 
Peckham, Miss Antoinette 
Peckham, Mrs. Felix 
Peckham, Miss Lillian 
Peckham, Thomas P. 
Peckham, Mrs. R. Wallace 
Perry, Mrs. Henrv P. 
Perry, Marsden J. 
Petterson, Gustof L. 
Phillips, Arthur S. 
Phillips, Hon. N. Taylor 
Pitman, T. T. 
Powel, Miss Mary E. 
Powel, Mrs, Samuel 
Price, Brig. Gen. Butler D. 



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Redmond, Miss Lydia 
Renter, J. Henry 
Reynal, Mrs. Engene S. 
Richards, Edgar 
Richardson, Mrs. George 
Ridlon, Dr. John 
Riggs, Edward (). 
Robinson, Dr. E. P. 
Robinson, Mrs. Edwin P. 
Riisso, Marco 
Sage, Mrs. George E. 
Sanborn, Alvah H. 
Sanborn, Hon. John P. 
Sanborn, Mrs. John P. 
Sanford, Dr. A. Cliase 
Sayer, Miss Mary A. 
Scott, Mrs. George S. 
Seabury, Col. John C. 
Shannahan, Dennis 
Shea, Michael F. 
Sheilield, Hon. Wilham P. 
Sherman, Mrs. Albert K. 
Sherman, Mrs. B. B. H. 
Sherman, Col. Edward A, 
Sherman, Dr. William A. 
Sherman, Mrs. William A. 
Sherman, Dr. William S. 
Sherman, Mrs. William S. 
Siegrist, Mrs. John, Jr. 
Slade, Mrs. Abbott E. 
Slocum, William S. 
Smith, Daniel 
Smith, Edward 
Smith, Mrs, R. Manson 
Spencer, John Thompson 
Spencer, Mrs. John Thompson 
Sprague, Mrs. Frank J. 
Stanhope, Clarence 
Stanton, Dr. N. G. 
Stetson, George R. 
Stevens, Miss Abby 
Stevens, Miss Austin 
Stevens, Henry C, Jr. 
Stevens, Joseph G., 2nd 
Stevens, Miss Katherine M. 
Stevenson, Dr. Arthur W. 
Stewart, Anthony 
Stickney, Mrs. Albert 



Stoddard, Dr. William C, 
Stone, Mrs. J. F. 
Stoneman, Michael 
Storer, Dr. Horatio R. 
Sullivan, Jeremiah A. 
Sullivan, Hon. John B. 
Sullivan, Dr. M. H. 
Swinburne, Miss Elizabeth H. 
Swinburne, Dr. George K. 
Taber, Henry R. 
Tatgenhorst, George W. 
Taylor, Grant 
Taylor, James P. 
Tajior, John M. 
Tanner, Benjamin F. 
Thaw, Benjamin 
Thomas, Mrs. Charles M. 
Thomas, Miss Harriet 
Thompson, Frank E. 
Tibbetts, Wilham H. 
Turner, Mrs. Andrew J. 
Underwood, Mrs. William J. 
Van Allen, Mrs. Garrett A. 
Van Beuren, Mrs. Michael M. 
Vanderbilt, Reginald C. 
Van Rensselaer, Mrs. Peyton 
Varnum, Miss Amy 
Vernon, Miss Elizabeth H, 
Walsh, John K. 
Walsh, William J. 
Wanton, Charles A. N. 
Ward. Miss A. Louise 
Ward, Rev. William I. 
Warren, George Henry, Jr. 
Watts, John S. 
Weaver, Mrs. Charles B. 
Weaver, Harry R. 
Weaver, Thomas L. S. 
Wetherell, Gen. John H. 
Wharton, Mrs. Henry 
White, Elias Henley 
White, Mrs. Elias Henley 
Whitehouse, J. Norman deR. 
Whitman, Hon. Charles S. 
Wilks, Harry 
Wilks, Mrs. Harry 
Wood, Mrs. Henry A. 



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Associate Members 



Adams, William F. 
Andrews, Mrs. \Yilliam, Jr. 
Atkinson, Mrs. Mary 
Bailey, Vernon Howe 
Balis, Clarence Wanton 
Barlow, Mrs. George 
Belknap, Mrs. Reginald R. 
Benson, Mrs. A. S. 
Benson, Robert 
Bosworth, Miss Rebecca T. 
Brackett, Mrs. Charles A. 
Br am an, Mrs. Packer 
Branston, Mrs. Joseph 
Brightman, William E. 
Brown, Mrs. James J. 
Brownell, Miss Ella 
Brownell, Miss Nancy 
Bull, Miss Phoebe 
Borlingham, Mrs. Thomas 
Burlingham, Rev. Edward J. 
Casey, Miss Sophie P. 
Chester, Charles E. 
Chester, Dr. Frank Dyer 
Chinn, Miss E. Bertha 
Clarke, Miss Lena 
Commerford, A. B. 
Congdon, Mrs. Henry B, 
Cottrell, Miss Annie 
Davis, Salmon W. 
Dudley, Mrs. Beverley R. 
Du Fais, John 
Fludder, Mrs. Alexander 
Fowler, Miss A. Sybil 
Franklin, Mrs. Robert M. 
Gash, Mrs. Robert 
GoiTe, Mrs. Walter 
Hayes, Robert S. 
Hayes, Mrs. Robert S. 
Hazard, Miss Mary A. 
Howard, Mrs. William R. 
Jones, Rev. William S. 
Kalkman, Henry A. 
Kalkman, Mrs. Henry A, 
Lantz, John P. 
Lewrence, Mrs. Henry 
Lawton, George P. 
Lieber, Mrs. Hamilton 
Lieber, Miss 



Marsh, Mrs. Herbert 
McCarthy, Miss Alice 
Mead, Mrs. George Whitfield 
Newton, Henry 
Newton, Mrs. Henry 
Newton, Simon 
Nichols, Miss Martha 
Parrish, Miss Margaret 
Parrish, Miss Mary 
Peckham, Frank L. 
Peckham, Mrs. Frank L, 
Peckham, Mrs. Thomas P. 
Perry, Howard B. 
Perry, Mrs. Joseph 
Perry, Thomas Sergeant 
Pinniger, Mrs. David 
Potter, Mrs. Ralph G. 
Powell, Mrs. Frank 
Richmond, Henry I. 
Rogers, Mrs. Elisha 

Sayer, Miss Mary A. 

Sherman, Miss Annie A. 

Sherman, Mrs. William B., Jr. 

Smith, Miss Elizabeth B. 

Smith, Miss Helen Fairchild 

Smith, Mrs. Nathan B. 

Stanton, Miss Bessie 

Stanton, William H. 

Staton, Mrs. J. G.- 
Stewart, Mrs. John 

Sw^an, Frank Malbone 

Swasey, Miss Jeannette 

Swinburne, Henry H. 

Taylor, Miss Annie 

Tetlow, Mrs. Albert 

Thurston, Mrs. George W. 

Titus, Mrs. Harry A. 

Underwood, Mrs. Nicholas 

Vernon, Miss Annie 

Vose, Miss Caroline M. 

Ward, Howard Gould 

Waring, Miss E. B. 

Wharton, Joseph S. L. 

Wheeler, Henry 

Whitehead, Hon. John M. 

Willard, Miss Mary A. 

Wing, W^illiam Arthur 

Wood, Trist 



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OFFICERS 

OF THE 

Newport Historical Society 

For the year e7iding May, igig 



President, REV. DR. RODERICK TERRY 
First Vice-President, FRANK K. STURGIS 

Second Vice-President, ALFRED TUCKERMAN 
Recording Secretary, JOHN P. SANBORN 
Corresponding Secretary, MAUD LYMAN STEVENS 
Treasurer, HENRY C. STEVENS, Jr. 
Librarian, LLOYD M. MAYER 
Curator of Coins and Medals, EDWIN P. ROBINSON 
Members of the Board of Directors 

FOR three years 

MRS. HAROLD BROWN MISS EDITH M. TILLEY 

DR. WILLIAM S. SHERMAN 

FOR TWO YEARS 

MRS. THOMAS A. LAWTON HAMILTON B. TOMPKINS 

MRS. FRENCH VANDERBILT MISS ELIZABETH G. SWINBURNE 

FOR ONE YEAR 

MRS. C. L. F. ROBINSON MRS. CHAS. C. GARDNER 

JONAS BERGNER LAWRENCE L. GILLESPIE 

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Committees for the Year 1918=1919 

FINANCE 

DR. RODERICK TERRY COM. ARTHUR C. JAMES 

MR. FRANK K. STURGIS THE TREASURER, ex-officio 

LIBRARY AND MUSEUM 

MRS. CHARLES C. GARDNER MISS EDITH MAY TILLEY 

THE LIBRARIAN 

BUILDING AND GROUNDS 

MR. JONAS BERGNER DR. EDWIN P. ROBINSON 

MR. L. L. GILLESPIE 

LITERARY EXERCISES 

THE PRESIDENT MISS MAUD L. STEVENS 

THE LIBRARIAN 

PUBLICATIONS 

DR. TERRY * THE LIBRARIAN 

NOMINATING COMMITTEE 

REV. STANLEY C. HUGHES MRS. AUCHINCLOSS 

MISS KATHARINE STEVENS 

INCREASE OF MEMBERSHIP 

MRS. FRENCH VANDERBILT MRS. LIVINGSTON HUNT 

MRS. HARVEY J. LOCKROW MISS ANTOINETTE PECKHAM 

MR. LAWRENCE L. GILLESPIE 

AUDITING COMMITTEE 

MR. JONAS BERGNER 

MUSEUM ACQUISITIONS 

DR. TERRY MISS MAUD STEVENS 

MRS. T. A. LAWTON 



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